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agenbite

Noun CEFR B2
əˈɡɛnbʌɪt

Definitions

Remorse, ayenbite.

uncountable

Examples

“Speaking to me. They wash⟳ and tub and scrub. Agenbite of inwit. Conscience.”
“A special property of all social extensions of the body is that they return⟳ to plague the inventors in a kind of agenbite of outwit.'”
“But more to the point⟳ here, the agenbite is, if not a Jewish condition, then more pervasive among Jews than any other group, by a wide margin.”
“[…]habitude of writers challenged by the affliction of an over-agenbite and inwit to match⟳.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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